EU Foreign Direct Investment Screening: Protecting Strategic Assets and Technology During the Corona Crisis
Author(s): Sophie-Charlotte Fischer
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2020
The criticality of medical goods and volatility of European economies resulting from the corona crisis increase the risk of opportunistic acquisitions of strategic assets and technology via foreign direct investments (FDI). The EU Commission and Member States are stepping up the protection of European economies to contain the fallout of the crisis.